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Taiwan Social Savvy 3 by Pearl Desa Listen on Posterous

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Shownotes
0:05- Introduction
0:35- Possible scenario you might see during ghost month
0:59- What is Ghost month
1:14- What's the difference between west and east
1:23- When is ghost month? And what's the history behind it?
2:08- Why all the food?
2:24- The afterlife- why burn money?
2:49- Superstitions during ghost month
3:20- What not to do.
3:31- What about celebrations?
3:47- Concluding remarks
4:05- Outro and signing out

Credits
Information
1- Ghost month

2- Wikipedia entry

Image from here

Music/ sound effects.
Intro and outro- Asian Adventure by Sonic9019 at Newgrounds
Background music-Ambients of Asia by Wolfguard at Newgrounds


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Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:39:00 -0700 Taiwan Social Savvy Ep2: Eating Customs http://pearld.posterous.com/taiwan-social-savvy-ep2-eating-customs http://pearld.posterous.com/taiwan-social-savvy-ep2-eating-customs

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Show Notes

0:02 Intro for the episode topic
0:35 What kind of food would you find in Taiwan?
1:18 Brief note on gift giving when invited to dinner. For detailed information on Taiwanese gift giving go here.
1:36 What to do when you're at the dinner table?
1:56 Why you need to know how to use chopsticks. (for information on how to use chopsticks go here)
2:16 Chopstick language and manners when you use them.
3:09 What to do when you get served a lot of food?
3:35 Drinking alcohol at the dinner table.
4:41 Hook for next episode and outro

Credits
Information
1- Popular food culture in Taiwan
2- Taiwan local customs at virtualtourist.com
3- Taiwan food

Image
Popular food culture in Taiwan

Music/ sound effects.
Intro and outro- Asian Adventure by Sonic9019 at Newgrounds
Sound effects from SoundBible.com

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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:03:00 -0800 Taiwan Social Savvy Ep01 http://pearld.posterous.com/taiwan-social-savvy-ep01 http://pearld.posterous.com/taiwan-social-savvy-ep01

 

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Yay! The first episode- done and uploaded- even after running into minor obstacles (dodgy slow-poke internet connection, twitching fingers and a lack of chocolate).

I hope my podcast was informative.
Enjoy


Show notes

0:01- Introduction about podcast topic for the week

0:32- Levels of etiquette 0:48- Receiving a gift (short skit)

1:15- How to properly accept a gift with a brief mention of history.

2:00- Giving a gift (skit at 2:19)

2:31- How to properly give a gift- modesty on the price

2:44- Colours in gift giving.

3:15- Food as a gift for a dinner party.

3:34- Flowers and even numbers

3:49- Bad gifts to avoid vs. good gifts to give.

4:20- End comments

Sources
Information
1- Taiwanese customs
2- International gift Etiquette
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Image from  here

Voice addition
Taiwanese/ Mandarin voice over- Tiffany Chen

Music and sound effects
Asian Adventure by Sonic9019 at Newgrounds

China Town by pheel at Sound effect from Newgrounds

Background/ambience from Internet Archive

Sounf effects from FreeSFX.com

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